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The installation of single-point mooring (SPM) with a double pipeline, a major pipeline system to pump in imported fuel oil from ships in the deep sea, is likely to be complete soon, officials said.“The construction of the single-point mooring is almost complete. Bangladesh is going to enter a...
Power Mech Projects Limited, a foreign company operating in the power sector of Bangladesh, allegedly evaded several hundred crores of taka in value added tax (VAT) in the last seven years. The Indian company is paying no heed to the instruction of the Central Intelligence Unit (CIC) of the Nat...
In the past few years, despite various levels of infrastructure development in the power and energy sector in the country, sustainable energy security has not been ensured yet. All the governments except for the Bangabandhu government failed to pay due attention, the overall result of which is ...
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Action will be taken against those offices under the Energy and Mineral Resources Division that fail to save 25 percent of electricity. Mohammad Mahbub Hossain, Senior Secretary of the Division gave such instructions in a recent meeting.Considering the current global situation, the Energy and M...
Due to lack of proper supervision, around 80-90 percent of solar power systems, which were installed by building owners to get grid power connections across the country, are now inactive. Due to use of low quality solar components and lack of proper supervision, the solar power systems have tur...
Although the authorities announced an organized area wise load shedding of one hour, in reality, people are facing the problem for hours, and several times.The government has taken various measures including an hour-wise planned load shedding to save fuel in order to reduce pressure on foreign excha...
Within a month of gas price hike, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd (TGTDCL) has increased the monthly rent of household prepaid gas meter by Tk 40, which will be an extra burden for consumers. The household gas meter monthly rent will now be Tk 100 from the previous rate of ...
As part of the government’s tough stance against illegal gas connections, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd. (TGTDCL) wants to recruit a magistrate permanently to accelerate the activities. The issue was recently discussed in detail at a monthly coordination meeting of t...
Along with the gas crisis, electricity load shedding has increased severely over the last three-four days. As a result, industrial production is being affected. People's daily life has also become miserable.A Power Division official said that currently the government is not buying liquefied...
Four private companies are seeking state approval to install floating solar power plants having a total estimated capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) at different places in the country. According to a Power Division official, New Age Limited wants to install a 200MW floating solar power plant at &ls...
In the first eight hours of the opening of the Padma Bridge to traffic, Tk 82.19 lakh from 6am to 2pm was collected as toll, the bridge authority sources said. During the time, 15,200 vehicles crossed the bridge. On the first day, people on buses, cars and motorcycles got on the br...
The government expects around 9,700 more megawatts of electricity to be added to the national grid by 2023. To this end, 18 power plants are being constructed at different stages.If it is met, the country’s total grid connected electricity generation capacity will be 31,180 MW, while maxi...
Instead of the use of octane, petrol and diesel as fuel in vehicles, eco-friendly liquefied petroleum gas known as autogas is gaining worldwide popularity. But the spread of the use of this alternative fuel in the country is being hampered due to four reasons. The four main reasons are complex...
The expansion of the country’s solar power system is moving at a slow pace as equipment costs have escalated by around 25 percent recently. Stakeholders said higher panel and inverter prices are driving up total EPC costs. The costs are also driving up due to rising US dollar exchange, as...
Another hike in gas price at the consumer level is imminent, with experts saying there would be no need for such a move if corruption, theft and waste in the gas sector were prevented. Analysts have repeatedly spoken against gas price hike. Instead of enforcing another hike, they say, the government...
As there is high demand for scrap, one of the main components in the production of rods, some unscrupulous traders are selling subsidized LPG cylinders to the re-rolling mills. As a result, the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) sector is under threat. The businessmen of this sector have demanded quick p...
Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution Company Limited has disconnected legal gas connections to punish illegal users and bill defaulters in the Kamrangirchar area of the capital.The gas consumers of the area have been suffering for the last three days due to such insensate activities of the coun...
The government has taken steps to increase import of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as well as supplies from local sources to overcome the gas crisis in the country. As part of this, initiatives have been taken to increase production and strengthen exploration activities by overhauling existing a...
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited-Bapex has hit a new gas reservoir in Kailash Tila field, the main source for Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd.The yield of Kailash Tila was on average 69 million cubic feet per day in 2016, but it dropped to 29 million cubic feet in January this y...
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) wants to establish a prepaid gas meter assembling factory with a Japanese company, an energy division official said. To this end, the Japanese company TOYOKEIKI & ONODA Japan, is scheduled to present a written proposal to the Energ...
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